From promote at lopsa-east.org Thu Apr 3 16:05:48 2014 From: promote at lopsa-east.org (Evan Pettrey) Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 19:05:48 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Philadelphia-pm] LOPSA-East Keynotes Announced! Message-ID: <20140403230548.9681C42932@jughandle.whatexit.org> Hello once again folks, LOPSA-East is proud to announce this year's keynote speakers! Friday evening Keynote: Vish Ishaya, CTO of Nebula Inc. Title: OpenStack in the Datacenter For better or worse, cloud is arriving in the datacenter. The massive growth of OpenStack is paving the way for an onslaught of private clouds. Cloud will be the second datacenter revolution this century. Virtualization changed the way that machines are provisioned and managed, and cloud promises an even more radical set of changes. Come hear Vish discuss the history of OpenStack, cloud versus virtualization, and get guidance for dealing with the specific challenges that cloud creates for system administrators! Bio: Vish Ishaya is Chief Technology Officer of Nebula, Inc. He is a highly prolific developer who was one of the founding engineers of OpenStack. He was elected to the first OpenStack Technical Committee, where he has served consistently since. He was also elected to four consecutive terms as the OpenStack Compute Project Technical Lead and is currently on the board of OpenStack Foundation. In addition to his programming and systems skills, Vish has spent over a decade teaching, most recently classes in object oriented analysis and design. Saturday closing Keynote: Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph Title: Universal Design for Tech: Improving Gender Diversity in our Industry Universal Design is a principle in accessibility thataccessible design makes things better for everyone. A key example of which are curb cuts and door openers which help those who are disabled but also folks with luggage and parents with strollers. Elizabeth will discuss ideas on how to improve gender diversity in our industry, but many of the tips will help everyone beyond improvements that come through diversity. From offering formal education for systems administration to offering flexible schedules and work arrangements, there are many things that can be done to attract much-needed talent. Bio: Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph is an Automation and Tools Engineer at HP working on the OpenStack Infrastructure team. She has been involved with open source communities for over a decade and turned that passion into a profession when she began working as a professional systems administrator in 2006. In addition to her work on OpenStack, she is a member of the Ubuntu Community Council and is a co-author of the upcoming 8th edition of The Official Ubuntu Book. At home, she serves on Board of Directors for Partimus.org, a non-profit in the San Francisco Bay Area providing Linux-based computers to schools in need. LOPSA-East is a regional sysadmin conference in New Brunswick NJ, May 2-3, 2014. Two days of world-class training on a diverse range of topics plus community-selected talks: http://lopsa-east.org/2014/schedule Best, Evan & the rest of the LOPSA-East 2014 Committee http://lopsa-east.org/2014 Register today! From promote at lopsa-east.org Fri Apr 25 04:50:11 2014 From: promote at lopsa-east.org (Evan Pettrey) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 07:50:11 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Philadelphia-pm] Lightning Talks @ LOPSA-East 2014! Message-ID: <20140425115011.509913FF4F@jughandle.whatexit.org> LOPSA East 2014 starts in one week! All the talks have been scheduled, all the tutorials and instructors have been book, now all you need to do is show up, right? In http://scottberkun.com/essays/24-how-to-get-the-most-out-of-conferences/ Scott Berkun (author of five books, including _The Year Without Pants_) states: "There is no better way to meet others and access the most interesting and friendly people than participating." The good news is that even this late in the game, there's still a way you you to participate: Lightning Talks! Lightning Talks are a series of five-minute talks (no slides!) where enthusiasm is paramount and almost anything that might be of interest to sysadmins is on-topic. Have an idea for a talk or tutorial for a future conference you want to try out? Give a Lightning Talk. Want to share a cool new trick with your peers? Give a Lightning Talk. Have an idea for a tool and want feedback? Give a Lightning Talk. Want to convince your peers to change how they do their jobs, or quit their jobs, or not to make the same mistake you did, or step away from the keyboard and learn to cook? Give a Lightning Talk. The Lightning Talks session is Saturday, May 3rd, at 3:30 p.m. There's room for at least nine talks, more if people use fewer than their allotted time (five minutes). To sign up for a Lightning Talk, send email to or contact the Lightning Talks coordinator (Adam Moskowitz) at the conference and sign up in person. Talk slots are on a first-come, first-served basis; there will be a waiting list, and if there's time at the end of the session you can just step up to the microphone without signing up in advance (but don't count on this as all the slots are usually taken). Remember: Five minutes (hard limit), no slides, pretty much any topic. Yes, even cooking -- if you can find a way to tie it to system administration. There's no easier way to actively participate in the conference than to give a Lightning Talk! Best regards, Evan & the rest of the LOPSA-East Committee From rgeoffrey at platypiventures.com Sat Apr 26 19:50:23 2014 From: rgeoffrey at platypiventures.com (rgeoffrey at platypiventures.com) Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 22:50:23 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Philadelphia-pm] DC-Baltimore Perl Workshop just a week away Message-ID: <1398567023.145417667@apps.rackspace.com> http://dcbpw.org/dcbpw2014/ According to the website only two people registered have identified as members of philadelphia.pm. There is still time to sign up. From waltman at pobox.com Sun Apr 27 05:31:15 2014 From: waltman at pobox.com (Walt Mankowski) Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 08:31:15 -0400 Subject: [Philadelphia-pm] DC-Baltimore Perl Workshop just a week away In-Reply-To: <1398567023.145417667@apps.rackspace.com> References: <1398567023.145417667@apps.rackspace.com> Message-ID: <20140427123115.GE4872@mawode.com> On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 10:50:23PM -0400, rgeoffrey at platypiventures.com wrote: > http://dcbpw.org/dcbpw2014/ > > According to the website only two people registered have identified as members of philadelphia.pm. > > There is still time to sign up. Three. Thanks for the reminder! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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